Wasn't "The dragon hasn't been seen for 60 years" a line
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of Thorin in the reports of the comic con footage ? I remember reading that and thinking it was strange that the dragon had been active so long after he went to Erebor. Now it seems in contrary that he didn't harass the town of dale like it is stated in the book and that the fall of Dale was exactly concomitant to the fall of Erebor.

We know that Bard is going to be built up a bit. Which means putting him into a completely new subplot, which would require an antagonist. This is probably going to be the Master of Laketown, and a power struggle between the legitimate heir and the politician. I wouldn't be surprised if Bard is in prison when the dragon attacks. A Far Dragon is the best kind...

I've always thought of Frodo as middle-aged when reading Lord of the Rings, and while that is true (he's 50 years old throughout most of the book), the ring stopped his aging while he was young. I guess I never thought about his appearance as being much younger than his actual age. Does Tolkien ever refer to the discrepency much throughout the books? Looks like I'll have to do another reread soon. all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us...

The real problem is, with Thornin's new age, if the old timeline were at all adhered to
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it would mean Smaug arrived at the mountain before any of the dwarves in the company were born. "Hear me, hounds of Sauron, Gandalf is here! Fly if you value your foul skins, I will shrivel you from tail to snout if you step within this circle!"

"Do not be to eager to deal out death in judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends."